Manchester Airport Westerly Operations SONEX1R/Y
manchesterairport.co.uk
manchesterairport.co.uk
You can watch aircraft movements and look at heights and positions over the ground using webtrak, which is on our website at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/webtrak. –– phone our Freephone number (08000 967967); –– send an email to [email protected]; –– come to an outreach session (details are on our website); or –– you can see them all at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/runwaydatasheet. If you would like to talk to us you could: There is a booklet like this one for each of our departure routes. Extra information is already available on our website in a range of formats including films and downloadable information sheets.
WANT TO KNOW MORE? This document explains how we operate now and provides some information about the number of aircraft and passengers currently flying from Manchester Airport. Flying over: Mobberley / North Knutsford / Mere / Rostherne / Little Bollington / Partington
NORTHERLY DEPARTURES IN WESTERLY OPERATIONS (ROUTES SONEX1R AND SONEX1Y) Noise contours are common for measuring noise around other transport routes such as roads and railways.
72
‘Noise contours’ give an indication of general noise levels and show an average noise reading over a set period of time. They use actual information on the position, number, heights and noise levels of arrivals and departures to and from Manchester. Noise contours look like a series of concentric rings, like in a tree trunk. The closer the rings are to the airport, the louder the noise is. This is represented by a number. Current Government guidelines recommend noise insulation such as high performance glazing or loft insulation at 63 decibels. If you live in this area, you can apply for help with this at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/soundinsulation.
69 66
Manchester Airport Departure Routes Information Pack 60
Generally, the closer that you live to an airport and a departure or arrival route, the more noise you will hear.
54
MEASURING NOISE
2016 Manchester Airport Departure Routes Information Pack
manchesterairport.co.uk
ABOUT YOUR AIRPORT Manchester Airport officially opened on 25 June 1938 and is today owned by the 10 Councils of Greater Manchester and Industry Funds Management (IFM), with four airports in the group.
1939 saw 7600 passengers per year… …today it’s grown to
FLYING TO
210
HOW WE OPERATE –– 6103 volunteer hours in the community in 2015/6. –– Our Airport Academy assisted 341 unemployed people into work on our site. –– Community Trust Fund supporting community groups with over £3million in grants since 1997.
USE OF RUNWAYS Manchester Airport has two runways. We use both runways during the daytime, but planning permission does not allow us to use Runway 2 between 10pm and 6am, unless we are doing maintenance on Runway 1.
Sometimes the wind direction changes and moves to the East. In this case, aircraft approach from the West (over Knutsford) and take off to the East (over Heald Green and Stockport). This is known as ‘easterly operations’.
Communities asked us to keep the use of both runways at the same time to a minimum, so where possible we will use only Runway 1 during the day. The hours that both runways are open can change from year to year. Times for 2017 are shown below.
TIMES WHEN TWO RUNWAYS USED Summer Season 2017
DAYS
Winter Season 2016-2017
6.30am to 10.30am
6.30am to 10.30am and 1pm to 4pm
6.30am to 10.30am and 4pm to 8pm
MONDAY TO FRIDAY 6.30am to 10.30am and 1pm to 8pm SATURDAY SUNDAY
1pm to 5pm
YEAR 2010
DIRECTION OF OPERATION Easterly
PERCENTAGE OF DEPARTURES 33%
16%
Easterly
67%
Westerly
Westerly
2014
0 10
R VE O
2015
2016
84%
Easterly
22%
27%
Easterly
78%
Westerly
73%
Easterly
23%
19%
Easterly
77%
Westerly
25%
Easterly
81%
Westerly
Westerly
DS N A ST
AY W N RU
75%
1
AY W N RU
AND 200 ON-SITE OPERATORS
AIRLINES
2011
2012
4pm to 8pm 2013
Westerly
LANDING PATHS
WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE
70
RUNWAY DIRECTION For safety reasons, aircraft must land and take off into the wind. At Manchester Airport the wind usually blows from the West, meaning aircraft approach from the East (over Stockport and Heald Green) and take off to the West (towards Knutsford). This is known as ‘westerly operations’.
On average, between 70% and 80% of our departures each year will be westerly operations. In 2016, 75% of flights were westerly operations and 25% of flights were in easterly operations.
We have a Night Noise Policy which means that we do operate at night, but flights are restricted. You can read more about our Night Noise Policy at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/nightnoise.
S DESTINATION IN
2001
in 60 countries inc China, USA, the Middle East and Europe.
A SECOND RUNWAY WAS ADDED
2017 Manchester Airport joined the list of top 20 European Airports.
The Airport supports the employment of 45000 jobs in the region with 20500 people directly employed on our site.
Supporting over 5000 children in education every year. Manchester Airport teacher resources for key stages 1,2 & 3 available at www.magworld.com/education. Manchester Airport – the largest outside the South East – delivers
£1.7bn
FOR OVER
in the North West economy.
Noise Level Contour (dB)
The wind direction may change several times in a day, so we may change our direction of operations to reflect this. The table above shows the percentage of movements in each direction over the last six years.
2
G N S DI H N AT LA P
Routes SONEX1R and SONEX1Y to Northern Europe and the Far East
37%
30%
8000
The following graphics focus on the combined information from routes SONEX1R and SONEX1Y routes heading North and East travelling to Northern Europe and the Far East.
8000
6000
EKLAD1R and EKLAD1Y
10000
6000
4000
LISTO2R and LISTO2Y
4000
2000
5%
SANBA1R and SANBA1Y
2000
28%
SONEX1R AND SONEX1Y
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sept
Aug
July
June
May
March
April
0
0
Our information is based on the most recent complete year, which was 2016, and our busiest month in that year, July, compared to our quietest month, October.
10000
SONEX1R and SONEX1Y
Jan
37%
There are four routes with westerly departures shown on this diagram. These are used for an average 77% of our flights. In 2016 there were 26274 departures on route SONEX1R (Runway 1) and route SONEX1Y (Runway 2) – 37% of all westerly departures.
Feb
ROUTES DEPARTING TO THE WEST
NUMBER OF WESTERLY DEPARTURES EACH MONTH DURING 2016
NUMBER OF DAYS WESTERLY DEPARTURES USED BY YEAR 288
2010
TOTAL NUMBER OF DAYS WESTERLY OPERATIONS WERE USED BETWEEN 2010 AND 2016
337
2011
2013 2014
2257
344
To understand the effect a route has on the community it flies over, we have highlighted the number of days each month, over several years, when westerly departure routes were used.
2012
310 339 327
2015
312
The maximum number of departures on a single day in July was
JULY ’16
t Sun Thu Fri Sa Mon Tue Wed 3 2 1 30 27 28 29 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 17 14 15 16 13 12 11 24 23 22 21 18 19 20 31 28 29 30 25 26 27 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
75
1334
departures
Mon Tue 26 27
…and with no westerly operations on the SONEX1R or SONEX1Y routes on seventeen days in October.
Wed Thu 28 29
Fri
Sat
30
Sun
1
2
3
4
10
5
11
6
7
8
13
9
17
12
18
14
20
16
24
19
15
25
21
26
22
27
23
1
28
2
29
3
30
4
5
6
31
departures during the morning period of 6am to 8am compared to just…
OCTOBER ’16
…while October was our quietest month.
compared to just…
…compared to a October total of only
71
61
• URMSTON
0-2999 feet
manchesterairport.co.uk
The changes relate to three levels of airspace. –– High level – over 7000 feet where aircraft are travelling to or from their final destination –– Arrival – below 7000 feet heading to the final destination airport –– Departure – between 0 and 7000 feet leaving the airport to join the high level routes ARRIVALS Aircraft currently approach the airport they are landing at and wait for an instruction to land. Ideally, the approach is a continuous descent to land as this is fuel efficient and quiet. If aircraft need to wait, they go into a ‘holding pattern’ away from the airfield. As a part of this project, NATS will examine if this is the best way to control aircraft approaching the airfield and before they land.
Altitude in feet
2,000
6,000 4,000 2,000 0
-1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 Distance from the centre of the route (kilometres)
M56, JUNCTION 7
2,000
-1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -0.6 Distance from the
10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 -1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 -1.5 -1.2 -0.9 from -0.6 the -0.3 0.3route 0.6(kilometres) 0.9 1.2 1.5 Distance centre0 of the Distance from the centre of the route (kilometres)
0
-1
in feet Altitude in feet Altitude
4,000 2,000
6,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 4,000 2,000 2,000 0
-1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 Distance from the centre of the route (kilometres) Dunham
0
1.5
10,000
10,000
TATTON 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000
RUNWAY 2
TATTON
8,000
6,000 4,000 4,000 2,000 2,000 0 0
-1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 Distance centre0 of the -1.5 -1.2 -0.9 from -0.6 the -0.3 0.3route 0.6(kilometres) 0.9 1.2 1.5 Distance from the centre of the route (kilometres) Mobberley
TOWN LANE – MOBBERLEY
2,000
8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000
-1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 Distance from the centre of the route (kilometres)
1.5
0
-1
-1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -0.6 Distance from the
Tatton
10,000
4,000
2,000
10,000
Tatton
6,000
4,000
8,000 6,000
TOWN LANE – MOBBERLEY
KNUTSFORD • 8,000
6,000
10,000 8,000
-1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 Distance from the centre of the route (kilometres)
10,000
8,000
0
-1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 centre0of the (kilometres) -0.8Distance -0.6 from -0.4 the -0.2 0.2route 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 Distance from the centre M56,ofJ7the route (kilometres)
-1
-0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0 Distance from the
10,000
Mobberley
8,000 1 RUNWAY 10,000
6,000
0
4,000
M56, J7 M56, JUNCTION 7 Tatton
10,000
Tatton
8,000
0
6,000
Dunham
10,000
0
8,000
0
-1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 Distance from the centre of the route (kilometres)
Altitude in in feet Altitude feet
8,000
10,000
4,000
10,000 10,000 8,000 8,000 6,000 6,000 4,000 4,000 2,000 2,000 0 0
Altitude in feet Altitude in feet
AIRSPACE A review of upper airspace (above 24500 feet) is taking place. This will reposition some of the main airways over the UK to increase efficiency and improve the customer experience with less time in hold, more timely arrivals and departures and reduced emissions. This review process will also enable us to create the best possible design to make sure we can achieve Manchester Airport’s potential by securing further routes to destinations around the world. This will create more jobs and boost the region’s economy.
Altitude in feet
• LYMM
Dunham
6,000
Dunham
• ALTRINCHAM
Altitude in feet
It is likely there will be changes in the future due to: –– a national policy, led by the CAA, to reorganise airspace for improved efficiency and maintaining safety; –– satellite navigation replacing navigational aids on the ground, enabling aircraft to fly more accurately following the centre line of the departure route on each departure; and –– improved technology on board new aircraft, offering the opportunity for greater efficiency and reduced noise.
DUNHAM
DUNHAM
8,000
0
SONEX1R and SONEX1Y
Altitude in feet
Aircraft currently using the SONEX1R and SONEX1Y routes range from small 10-seat aircraft up to the larger 600-seat aircraft. The most common is the 100- to 200-seat aircraft, which accounts for 61% of all flights.
5000+ feet
Altitude in feet
AIRCRAFT Over time, airlines will buy new aircraft. The improved engines are quieter and more efficient. The new sleeker plane is able to climb quicker and with less friction, significantly reducing noise and emissions. All of this is beneficial to communities that the aircraft fly over.
10,000
3000-4999 feet
Altitude in feet
WILL THINGS CHANGE IN THE FUTURE?
Runway 2 ends one mile further to the West than Runway 1 and 325 yards further South. You can see the two distinct runway departure routes close to the ends of the runways in the chart below at Town Lane. The difference between the two departure tracks reduces as you move further along the routes.
SALE •
The accuracy with which an aircraft navigates depends on the following. –– The size of the aircraft –– The weight of an aircraft –– What technology the aircraft has on board –– Weather conditions –– How the pilot interprets instructions The map opposite shows the general position and spread of flights using the SONEX1R and SONEX1Y routes in July 2016.
10,000
during the night period from 11pm to 6am.
The graphics below show the height of aircraft on the SONEX1R and SONEX1Y routes at the places marked on the routes. They show the concentration of aircraft in the centre of the routes and the height above sea level.
Currently aircraft navigate using navigational equipment on the ground close to and around our runways. A series of instructions will navigate the aircraft along the whole route (for example, to fly straight ahead for a set distance and then turn at a particular point to a compass • RISLEYbearing of…).
At the beginning of the departure, the aircraft is dark blue. As it becomes higher above the ground, the colour changes to light blue (3000 feet) and finally to green at 5000 feet. On this route 4000 feet is the highest point at which the aircraft must stay on the route.
19
during the night period from 11pm to 6am.
• CULCHETH
POSITION OF AIRCRAFT ALONG ROUTES SONEX1R AND SONEX1Y
169
departures during the morning peak hours of 6am to 8am
Altitude in feet
departures
418
Altitude in feet
3228
Runway use depends on the wind direction, with no westerly operations on SONEX1R or SONEX1Y routes on every day during July
In October there were…
Altitude in feet
In 2016, July was our busiest month of westerly operations on the SONEX1R and SONEX1Y routes when there were...
During July there were…
Altitude in feet
2016
-0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 Distance from the centre of the route (kilometres)
1
6,000 4,000 2,000 0
-1
-0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0 Distance from the
manchesterairport.co.uk
You can watch aircraft movements and look at heights and positions over the ground using webtrak, which is on our website at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/webtrak. –– phone our Freephone number (08000 967967); –– send an email to [email protected]; –– come to an outreach session (details are on our website); or –– you can see them all at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/runwaydatasheet. If you would like to talk to us you could: There is a booklet like this one for each of our departure routes. Extra information is already available on our website in a range of formats including films and downloadable information sheets.
WANT TO KNOW MORE? This document explains how we operate now and provides some information about the number of aircraft and passengers currently flying from Manchester Airport. Flying over: Mobberley / North Knutsford / Mere / Rostherne / Little Bollington / Partington
NORTHERLY DEPARTURES IN WESTERLY OPERATIONS (ROUTES SONEX1R AND SONEX1Y) Noise contours are common for measuring noise around other transport routes such as roads and railways.
72
‘Noise contours’ give an indication of general noise levels and show an average noise reading over a set period of time. They use actual information on the position, number, heights and noise levels of arrivals and departures to and from Manchester. Noise contours look like a series of concentric rings, like in a tree trunk. The closer the rings are to the airport, the louder the noise is. This is represented by a number. Current Government guidelines recommend noise insulation such as high performance glazing or loft insulation at 63 decibels. If you live in this area, you can apply for help with this at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/soundinsulation.
69 66
Manchester Airport Departure Routes Information Pack 60
Generally, the closer that you live to an airport and a departure or arrival route, the more noise you will hear.
54
MEASURING NOISE
2016 Manchester Airport Departure Routes Information Pack
manchesterairport.co.uk
ABOUT YOUR AIRPORT Manchester Airport officially opened on 25 June 1938 and is today owned by the 10 Councils of Greater Manchester and Industry Funds Management (IFM), with four airports in the group.
1939 saw 7600 passengers per year… …today it’s grown to
FLYING TO
210
HOW WE OPERATE –– 6103 volunteer hours in the community in 2015/6. –– Our Airport Academy assisted 341 unemployed people into work on our site. –– Community Trust Fund supporting community groups with over £3million in grants since 1997.
USE OF RUNWAYS Manchester Airport has two runways. We use both runways during the daytime, but planning permission does not allow us to use Runway 2 between 10pm and 6am, unless we are doing maintenance on Runway 1.
Sometimes the wind direction changes and moves to the East. In this case, aircraft approach from the West (over Knutsford) and take off to the East (over Heald Green and Stockport). This is known as ‘easterly operations’.
Communities asked us to keep the use of both runways at the same time to a minimum, so where possible we will use only Runway 1 during the day. The hours that both runways are open can change from year to year. Times for 2017 are shown below.
TIMES WHEN TWO RUNWAYS USED Summer Season 2017
DAYS
Winter Season 2016-2017
6.30am to 10.30am
6.30am to 10.30am and 1pm to 4pm
6.30am to 10.30am and 4pm to 8pm
MONDAY TO FRIDAY 6.30am to 10.30am and 1pm to 8pm SATURDAY SUNDAY
1pm to 5pm
YEAR 2010
DIRECTION OF OPERATION Easterly
PERCENTAGE OF DEPARTURES 33%
16%
Easterly
67%
Westerly
Westerly
2014
0 10
R VE O
2015
2016
84%
Easterly
22%
27%
Easterly
78%
Westerly
73%
Easterly
23%
19%
Easterly
77%
Westerly
25%
Easterly
81%
Westerly
Westerly
DS N A ST
AY W N RU
75%
1
AY W N RU
AND 200 ON-SITE OPERATORS
AIRLINES
2011
2012
4pm to 8pm 2013
Westerly
LANDING PATHS
WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE
70
RUNWAY DIRECTION For safety reasons, aircraft must land and take off into the wind. At Manchester Airport the wind usually blows from the West, meaning aircraft approach from the East (over Stockport and Heald Green) and take off to the West (towards Knutsford). This is known as ‘westerly operations’.
On average, between 70% and 80% of our departures each year will be westerly operations. In 2016, 75% of flights were westerly operations and 25% of flights were in easterly operations.
We have a Night Noise Policy which means that we do operate at night, but flights are restricted. You can read more about our Night Noise Policy at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/nightnoise.
S DESTINATION IN
2001
in 60 countries inc China, USA, the Middle East and Europe.
A SECOND RUNWAY WAS ADDED
2017 Manchester Airport joined the list of top 20 European Airports.
The Airport supports the employment of 45000 jobs in the region with 20500 people directly employed on our site.
Supporting over 5000 children in education every year. Manchester Airport teacher resources for key stages 1,2 & 3 available at www.magworld.com/education. Manchester Airport – the largest outside the South East – delivers
£1.7bn
FOR OVER
in the North West economy.
Noise Level Contour (dB)
The wind direction may change several times in a day, so we may change our direction of operations to reflect this. The table above shows the percentage of movements in each direction over the last six years.
2
G N S DI H N AT LA P
Routes SONEX1R and SONEX1Y to Northern Europe and the Far East
37%
30%
8000
The following graphics focus on the combined information from routes SONEX1R and SONEX1Y routes heading North and East travelling to Northern Europe and the Far East.
8000
6000
EKLAD1R and EKLAD1Y
10000
6000
4000
LISTO2R and LISTO2Y
4000
2000
5%
SANBA1R and SANBA1Y
2000
28%
SONEX1R AND SONEX1Y
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sept
Aug
July
June
May
March
April
0
0
Our information is based on the most recent complete year, which was 2016, and our busiest month in that year, July, compared to our quietest month, October.
10000
SONEX1R and SONEX1Y
Jan
37%
There are four routes with westerly departures shown on this diagram. These are used for an average 77% of our flights. In 2016 there were 26274 departures on route SONEX1R (Runway 1) and route SONEX1Y (Runway 2) – 37% of all westerly departures.
Feb
ROUTES DEPARTING TO THE WEST
NUMBER OF WESTERLY DEPARTURES EACH MONTH DURING 2016
NUMBER OF DAYS WESTERLY DEPARTURES USED BY YEAR 288
2010
TOTAL NUMBER OF DAYS WESTERLY OPERATIONS WERE USED BETWEEN 2010 AND 2016
337
2011
2013 2014
2257
344
To understand the effect a route has on the community it flies over, we have highlighted the number of days each month, over several years, when westerly departure routes were used.
2012
310 339 327
2015
312
The maximum number of departures on a single day in July was
JULY ’16
t Sun Thu Fri Sa Mon Tue Wed 3 2 1 30 27 28 29 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 17 14 15 16 13 12 11 24 23 22 21 18 19 20 31 28 29 30 25 26 27 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
75
1334
departures
Mon Tue 26 27
…and with no westerly operations on the SONEX1R or SONEX1Y routes on seventeen days in October.
Wed Thu 28 29
Fri
Sat
30
Sun
1
2
3
4
10
5
11
6
7
8
13
9
17
12
18
14
20
16
24
19
15
25
21
26
22
27
23
1
28
2
29
3
30
4
5
6
31
departures during the morning period of 6am to 8am compared to just…
OCTOBER ’16
…while October was our quietest month.
compared to just…
…compared to a October total of only
71
61
• URMSTON
0-2999 feet
manchesterairport.co.uk
The changes relate to three levels of airspace. –– High level – over 7000 feet where aircraft are travelling to or from their final destination –– Arrival – below 7000 feet heading to the final destination airport –– Departure – between 0 and 7000 feet leaving the airport to join the high level routes ARRIVALS Aircraft currently approach the airport they are landing at and wait for an instruction to land. Ideally, the approach is a continuous descent to land as this is fuel efficient and quiet. If aircraft need to wait, they go into a ‘holding pattern’ away from the airfield. As a part of this project, NATS will examine if this is the best way to control aircraft approaching the airfield and before they land.
Altitude in feet
2,000
6,000 4,000 2,000 0
-1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 Distance from the centre of the route (kilometres)
M56, JUNCTION 7
2,000
-1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -0.6 Distance from the
10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 -1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 -1.5 -1.2 -0.9 from -0.6 the -0.3 0.3route 0.6(kilometres) 0.9 1.2 1.5 Distance centre0 of the Distance from the centre of the route (kilometres)
0
-1
in feet Altitude in feet Altitude
4,000 2,000
6,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 4,000 2,000 2,000 0
-1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 Distance from the centre of the route (kilometres) Dunham
0
1.5
10,000
10,000
TATTON 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000
RUNWAY 2
TATTON
8,000
6,000 4,000 4,000 2,000 2,000 0 0
-1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 Distance centre0 of the -1.5 -1.2 -0.9 from -0.6 the -0.3 0.3route 0.6(kilometres) 0.9 1.2 1.5 Distance from the centre of the route (kilometres) Mobberley
TOWN LANE – MOBBERLEY
2,000
8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000
-1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 Distance from the centre of the route (kilometres)
1.5
0
-1
-1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -0.6 Distance from the
Tatton
10,000
4,000
2,000
10,000
Tatton
6,000
4,000
8,000 6,000
TOWN LANE – MOBBERLEY
KNUTSFORD • 8,000
6,000
10,000 8,000
-1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 Distance from the centre of the route (kilometres)
10,000
8,000
0
-1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 centre0of the (kilometres) -0.8Distance -0.6 from -0.4 the -0.2 0.2route 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 Distance from the centre M56,ofJ7the route (kilometres)
-1
-0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0 Distance from the
10,000
Mobberley
8,000 1 RUNWAY 10,000
6,000
0
4,000
M56, J7 M56, JUNCTION 7 Tatton
10,000
Tatton
8,000
0
6,000
Dunham
10,000
0
8,000
0
-1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 Distance from the centre of the route (kilometres)
Altitude in in feet Altitude feet
8,000
10,000
4,000
10,000 10,000 8,000 8,000 6,000 6,000 4,000 4,000 2,000 2,000 0 0
Altitude in feet Altitude in feet
AIRSPACE A review of upper airspace (above 24500 feet) is taking place. This will reposition some of the main airways over the UK to increase efficiency and improve the customer experience with less time in hold, more timely arrivals and departures and reduced emissions. This review process will also enable us to create the best possible design to make sure we can achieve Manchester Airport’s potential by securing further routes to destinations around the world. This will create more jobs and boost the region’s economy.
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• LYMM
Dunham
6,000
Dunham
• ALTRINCHAM
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It is likely there will be changes in the future due to: –– a national policy, led by the CAA, to reorganise airspace for improved efficiency and maintaining safety; –– satellite navigation replacing navigational aids on the ground, enabling aircraft to fly more accurately following the centre line of the departure route on each departure; and –– improved technology on board new aircraft, offering the opportunity for greater efficiency and reduced noise.
DUNHAM
DUNHAM
8,000
0
SONEX1R and SONEX1Y
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Aircraft currently using the SONEX1R and SONEX1Y routes range from small 10-seat aircraft up to the larger 600-seat aircraft. The most common is the 100- to 200-seat aircraft, which accounts for 61% of all flights.
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AIRCRAFT Over time, airlines will buy new aircraft. The improved engines are quieter and more efficient. The new sleeker plane is able to climb quicker and with less friction, significantly reducing noise and emissions. All of this is beneficial to communities that the aircraft fly over.
10,000
3000-4999 feet
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WILL THINGS CHANGE IN THE FUTURE?
Runway 2 ends one mile further to the West than Runway 1 and 325 yards further South. You can see the two distinct runway departure routes close to the ends of the runways in the chart below at Town Lane. The difference between the two departure tracks reduces as you move further along the routes.
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The accuracy with which an aircraft navigates depends on the following. –– The size of the aircraft –– The weight of an aircraft –– What technology the aircraft has on board –– Weather conditions –– How the pilot interprets instructions The map opposite shows the general position and spread of flights using the SONEX1R and SONEX1Y routes in July 2016.
10,000
during the night period from 11pm to 6am.
The graphics below show the height of aircraft on the SONEX1R and SONEX1Y routes at the places marked on the routes. They show the concentration of aircraft in the centre of the routes and the height above sea level.
Currently aircraft navigate using navigational equipment on the ground close to and around our runways. A series of instructions will navigate the aircraft along the whole route (for example, to fly straight ahead for a set distance and then turn at a particular point to a compass • RISLEYbearing of…).
At the beginning of the departure, the aircraft is dark blue. As it becomes higher above the ground, the colour changes to light blue (3000 feet) and finally to green at 5000 feet. On this route 4000 feet is the highest point at which the aircraft must stay on the route.
19
during the night period from 11pm to 6am.
• CULCHETH
POSITION OF AIRCRAFT ALONG ROUTES SONEX1R AND SONEX1Y
169
departures during the morning peak hours of 6am to 8am
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departures
418
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3228
Runway use depends on the wind direction, with no westerly operations on SONEX1R or SONEX1Y routes on every day during July
In October there were…
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In 2016, July was our busiest month of westerly operations on the SONEX1R and SONEX1Y routes when there were...
During July there were…
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2016
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